Roll of Honour - Devon - Exeter, City Police

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Lest We Forget

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EXETER CITY POLICE WAR MEMORIALS

World War 1 & 2 - Detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Martin Edwards 2008

There two memorial plaques housed in the Exter City Guildhall, High Street, Exeter. The World War 1 plaque was previously located in the City Police Station in Waterbeer Street, Exeter and also in the Police Station, Heavitree Road, Exeter. It takes the form of a brass plaque, with the City coat of arms top-centre, mounted on a wooden backboard. There are three names listed. The World War 2 plaque is to be found on the balcony of the Exter Guildhall and was originally housed in the Exter Police Station, Heavitree Road, Exeter. It takes the form of a rectangular brass plaque, with single line border and the Exeter City Police crest top-centre, mounted on a wooden backboard with the engraved inscription in black lettering. There are also three names listed.

Exeter City Police WW1 © Police Remembrance Trust (WMR-25197)

Exeter City Police WW2 © Richard Gerrard (WMR-25194)

EXETER CITY POLICE
IN PROUD MEMORY
OF THE MEN OF THIS FORCE
WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES
IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1919

CLARKE	Walter James	[Listed as 2nd Battalion on memorial] Lance Corporal 8000, "B" Company, 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment. Killed in action 11 July 1915 in France. Aged 28. Born and enlisted Honiton. Husband of B. A. Clarke, of 3, Garden Square, Whipton, Exeter. Buried in CHESTER FARM CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot III. Row E. Grave 5.
HAMMOND	Wilfred	Gunner 47456, "D" Battery, 90th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 27 August 1917 in France. Born Penbury, enlisted Worcester. Mentioned in Despatches (MiD). Awarded the Medal of St. George, 2nd Class (Russia). Buried in BUS HOUSE CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Row H. Grave 16.
ELLIS	Percival	Acting Corporal 51356, 16th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment attached to 12th Entrenching Battalion formerly S/28320, Royal Army Service Corps. Died of wounds 6 April 1918 in France. Born Upton Pyne, Devon, enlisted Exeter. Husband of A. Ellis, of Tweed, Ontario, Canada. Buried in NAMPS-AU-VAL BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot I. Row J. Grave 2.
FOR LIBERTY AND FREEDOM EXETER CITY POLICE IN PROUD & HONOURED MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS FORCE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR KING & COUNTRY IN THE WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945
HAWKEN	Donald William Carlyon	Flying Officer (Air Gunner) 156366, 166 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Killed while performing Bombing Operations, flying out of Kirmington in an Avro Lancaster III, serial number ND705, on a night operation to Frankfurt, when the aircraft crashed in the sea off the Belgian coast 19 March 1944. Aged 23. Police Constable. Son of John Carlyon Hawken and Elsie Maude Hawken; husband of Ivy Mabel Hawken, of Harberton, Devon. Buried in DUNKIRK TOWN CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot 2. Row 5. Grave 5.
LUXTON	Harold John	[Listed as Harold Rowland LUXTON on CWGC] Died in an air raid on Exeter 4 May 1942. Aged 43. Special Constable. Son of Mrs. A. Luxton, of 4 Park Road, Longbrook Street, husband of L. Luxton of 7 Acland Terrace, York Road. Died at Sidwell Street. Recorded by EXETER, COUNTY BOROUGH.
RICHARDS	Samuel John	[Date on memorial 11/12 August 1944.] Flight Lieutenant (Navigator) 126893, 156 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Killed in action during Bombing Operations flying out of Upwood, Huntingdonshire, in an Avro Lancaster III, serial number ND444, when the aircraft was lost during a raid on the Opel factory at Russelsheim 13 August 1944. Aged 28. Police Constable. Native of Whipton, Exeter, Devon. Son of Richard and Maud Richards; husband of Ethel Mary Richards, of Whipton, Exeter. Buried in REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Plot 1. Row D. Grave 10.

THEIR REWARD IS WITH THE LORD & THE
CARE OF THEM WITH THE MOST HIGH

WISDOM V.15

Last updated 3 November, 2024

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